Staw likens the situation to professional sports, where some players earn much more than others.
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But even when Ovshinsky creates something useful, he has no leverage to earn much from it.
He did not earn much gratitude for intervening on behalf of six black students expelled from a Decatur, Illinois, high school for brawling at a football match.
It makes a tidy little profit, but could earn much larger sums if the previous owners' dream of turning it into a big freight-handling base can be made a reality.
If governments do not like people who earn too much, then they can raise taxes.
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You want to earn as much as possible while maintaining the highest ethical standards.
Baker's partners in New York or London earn as much as their peers at other top firms.
It is a system where you attempt to earn as much as you can within the legal bounds.
It would take the average American over three years to earn that much.
Unfortunately, as with many tax goodies, there's a provision designed to make sure folks who earn too much don't benefit.
He wanted to know what JP Morgan had to be doing to earn that much when consumer banking is unprofitable.
Cryer may not earn as much as his former co-star Sheen, but at least he still has a steady job.
I'm nearly 66 and retired, but I earn too much now as a writer to qualify for a Social Security pension.
People like Scarlett Johannson and David Beckham can sometimes earn as much from endorsements as they can from their day jobs.
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This time, Revis wanted to earn as much or more than Williams.
Admittedly, a few professional athletes may earn so much they will not burn through most of their earnings while living the good life.
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Mr. Mickelson, do you understand that the typical American would have to work about 75 years to earn that much money before tax?
The enlistees can potentially use their military training as a substitute for college education, though they will not earn as much as college graduates.
It might not earn you much by itself, but it adds to your income and can, in the long run, be well worth doing.
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That's why Major League Baseball pitchers earn so much more than triple-A players, despite throwing fastballs only a couple of miles an hour faster.
Certainly, top lawyers can earn a much higher salary than engineers.
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Anand had the same message: "The country is facing artificial salary inflation for IT personnel " even though some are not qualified to earn that much.
Is it an ethical problem for the husband of the person charged with the foreign affairs of the United States to earn so much foreign-sourced income?
"Let me repeat, " Chidambaram told Parliament in his budget speech, making sure no one thought he had misspoken, "only 42, 800" people say they earn that much.
But Generation X is the first generation that will not earn as much as their parents, and the same will be true for generations to come.
For schools belonging to a BCS conference and who also have profitable football programs, you might earn that much in beer sales from one fall Saturday afternoon.
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Solar power stations can currently earn 30.7p per kWh of electricity fed into the National Grid but, after subsidies are cut, new projects will earn a much lower rate.
What this means is that more people were forced to enter the work force because the existing working population were unable to earn as much as they had in the past.
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